AN: Hello, my readers! Here I bring you my first crossover of 'Bleach', one of the big three of the Shonen genre.
Surely some will see it weird that I mix that anime with 'My little pony', but I just couldn't refuse the idea of mixing the two.
I hope you all like it.
'Bleach' is set after the Fullbringer arc.
'My little pony' is set after the sixth season.
Equestria.
A land where creatures of all shapes and sizes could live in peace and harmony.
True, it suffered threats from those who wanted to conquer the kingdom or destroy it, but they were all defeated by a special group of ponies known as the Mane 6.
It was the middle of the night in the peaceful town of Ponyville, a place that is known for which it all began, but that isn't a story to tell at this time and we won't focus on the ponies who are sleeping at this time or the beautiful dreams they have thanks to Princess Luna.
No.
We focus rather on the darkness of the night itself, specifically the darkness of an alley.
At first, you see nothing but simple darkness, but suddenly, you saw something moving in the shadows.
Emerging from the alley, it was revealed to be some sort of bubble of darkness and smoke.
The dark bubble was floating through the town, watching even the sleeping ponies through the windows of their houses.
"Grrr. Damn ponies. Sleeping peacefully and enjoying their peace. How I loathe it. If it weren't for my situation right now, I'd make sure they only slept once they died." said the dark bubble in a dark, evil voice.
It was then that the bubble focused its gaze on the most notable structure in the small town, the castle of Twilight Sparkle, member of the Mane 6 and princess of friendship.
"There may be that which can serve me to regain my former power and once I do, I will have my revenge on them all for opposing their rightful ruler." said the dark bubble before floating towards the castle.
The dark bubble slipped through the crack in the door, managing to get inside.
"How reckless of you, princess. You seriously wouldn't imagine that someone could sneak into your castle in the dead of night? Hahaha. Will that recklessness be your undoing." said the dark bubble.
The dark bubble floated around the corners of the palace, making sure to stay quiet so as not to alert any pony.
It kept floating until it reached the library.
"Surely this is the right place to start looking." said the dark bubble.
The dark bubble floated down the shelves until it stopped and with its magic, levitated a book out of place before gently setting it down on the floor to then begin looking through it.
Once he didn't find what he was looking for, he started looking through another book.
A couple of hours later, several books were littering the floor of the library and the dark bubble was hovering over all of them and looking very frustrated.
"Damn. There's nothing in here that's useful! Well, there might not be the right information, but there might be the right object." said the dark bubble before leaving the library.
It spent a while inspecting every part of the castle, going so far as to avoid the main rooms that were occupied by Twilight and Spike, who were still sleeping oblivious to what was going on under their roof.
The dark bubble continued to float until it reached a room and it was then that it stopped and directed its gaze to something that caught its attention.
It was a mirror that was connected to several wires attached to a device connected to a book.
"Mmm. Excellent. I can feel the magic coming from that mirror. I wonder if that's what I need." said the dark bubble before moving closer.
With a bit of magic, it caused a dark aura to surround the book and that caused sparks to emerge from the wires that traveled from the device to the mirror and then, in the glass of the mirror, a portal of sorts formed.
"Interesting. Let's see where it leads." said the dark bubble before crossing the portal which closed shortly after.
The dark bubble let out a small scream as it felt itself being pulled by a spiraling current that stretched it like chewing gum.
Soon after, it reached the end of the tunnel and made it to the other side.
The dark bubble shook a little before it looked around.
The first thing it noticed was that it had stepped out from the base of a horse statue and in front of it was a building, as well as several buildings around it.
"I'm definitely not in Equestria anymore. I can feel it and I can also feel that there is magic in this place. It's small, but it might just give me what I need." said the dark bubble before floating to a place far away from the building.
The more the dark bubble traveled, the more it could see how different that world was from Equestria, mostly because of the bipedal creatures that walked the streets, forcing it to stay hidden so as not to be detected.
"That magic I sense must be nearby." began the dark bubble as it floated on until it stopped at the entrance to an alleyway. "Here." said the dark bubble before entering the alley.
It floated around until then, it managed to find what it was looking for, a medium sized mirror that was tucked in a box.
It looked like a normal mirror, but for a moment, a glowing aura was seen around it.
"Yes, this is what I was looking for." began the dark bubble approaching the mirror and, with its magic, tried to lift it, but only managed to raise it a little before it fell back into the box. "Grrr. I don't have enough power to be able to do anything. I won't be able to regain my power in this state."
Suddenly, it heard something coming from the entrance and turned to see a man in a business suit walking staggeringly through the alley entrance.
"Ugh. I won't be drinking again for a season. I swear." said the man.
"Mmm. I may not have the power for some things, but I do have it for… this." said the dark bubble before it blew directly at the man, reaching inside him.
The man convulses a bit before standing up, revealing his red colored eyes.
The man looked down at his own hands which he closed a couple of times.
"I admit this body is novel to me, but it should suffice." said the man in the dark bubble voice before focusing his gaze on the mirror.
With his new hands, he grabbed the mirror and lifted it to his height.
"Now, I need somewhere more… private" said the man before leaving the alley.
For a while, he was walking the streets, looking for a suitable place until then, he found an old abandoned building with posters and signs that they were going to rebuild it in a few weeks.
"It will do for now." said the man before entering the building.
Once he entered one of the empty rooms in the building, the man hung the mirror on the wall and looked at his reflection.
"If I'm not mistaken, this must be the mirror of truth. A magical artifact that allows you to see that which you wish to see no matter where or when it is." began the man before an evil grin formed on his face. "But if I use what magic I have, I should be able to bring what I want from the other side of the mirror." said the man before holding out his arms.
"Oh, magic mirror. As your wielder, I command you to show me that which I desire most and what I desire most now is something that will help me restore my power to the level I used to have at my highest point." said the man.
The mirror began to emit ripples from the center as if the crystal was water.
Slowly, something could be seen in it and when the image cleared completely, the man saw a young woman with long orange hair wearing two blue hairpins in the shape of a six-petaled flower, one on each side of her head.
"So that… creature possesses the power that is necessary to me. Well, time for the next phase." said the man causing a dark aura to surround his hands before pointing them towards the mirror, causing a dark aura to appear around the mirror.
Karakura City.
A seemingly normal city, where people lived their lives in a peaceful way.
However, there are certain things that have been happening in the city for some time now, but no one could see or notice them, except for a couple of people.
Those things that have been happening are known as hollows, human spirits that turned into terrible monsters and roamed the human world in order to feed on human souls.
Luckily, that was prevented by the shinigami, a group of spirits dedicated to protecting the balance of the world by fighting them.
The reason no one noticed this was because both the hollows and the shinigamis were spirits and only a few had the ability to see them.
Among all the shinigamis that existed in the Soul Society, the home of shinigamis and anyone who passed on, there was one in particular and that was a young orange-haired man named Ichigo Kurosaki.
At first, he was just a normal human with a normal life.
Well, he wasn't quite normal, as he had the ability to see spirits and that included hollows and shinigamis, which led to a radical change in his life.
Due to an encounter he had with one of each at the same time, he awakened something hidden in him and it was his own shinigami powers.
After some encounters and stumbles with the Soul Society, he got the official title of substitute shinigami and has been protecting his home from the hollows with the help of his friends who, despite not being shinigami, had special abilities that helped them fight those monsters.
Of course, there were also times when he faced great opponents such as Aizen, a treacherous shinigami who intended to destroy the entire city for his evil purposes with the help of the arrancar.
The arrancar were hollows that Aizen forcibly evolved to create an army of his own.
The arrancar retained their hollow powers combined with shinigami-like powers.
It was a long and hard battle involving the strongest of the Soul Society, the captains and vice-captains of the thirteen divisions, as well as powerful allies, including his own father, who happened to be a former shinigami.
With the help of all of them, they not only wiped out the strongest of Aizen's army, but also Aizen himself.
However, this resulted in him losing his powers, as well as his ability to see spirits.
For almost two years, he tried to lead a normal life, but there are times when, even if we try to stay away from some things, we end up going towards them again or they come towards us.
After some hard events, he finally regained his powers and since then, he resumed his position as a substitute shinigami along with all his friends.
Life had returned to normal.
Or everything that could be considered normal for him and the others.
Right now, Ichigo was walking towards a particular house and when he arrived, he knocked on the door a couple of times before waiting for an answer.
When the door opened, it revealed a young woman with long orange hair and a hairpin in the shape of a six-petal flower on either side of her head.
"Ah, hello, Ichigo." said the woman with a smile.
"Hello, Orihime." said Ichigo with a smile.
Orihime was one of the friends who helped him in times of need.
At first glance, she may not look like a great fighter, but she possesses an exceptional power never seen before.
Her power consisted of using six special little fairies that help her in different situations.
Three of them can create a shield that repels almost all blows and attacks, one can attack as if it were a flying knife and the last two have the ability to heal everything and when I say everything, I mean everything, as she was able to make those who lost an arm recover it.
She even brought Ichigo and another person back to life despite being in an irreparable condition.
"What are you doing here?" asked Orihime.
"Oh, well. You see, I was sent on some errands and realized that I overbought." began Ichigo lifting up a couple of bags full of groceries. "Since I was passing nearby, I thought you might want some things."
"Oh, that's nice of you. Come on in. Come in." began Orihime letting her friend into the house. "Would you like me to make you some tea?"
"I'd love to, but I have chores to do. Plus I have patrol tonight." said Ichigo.
"That's true. It's nice to have you back, Ichigo. I missed you." said Orihime with a smile.
"Really?" asked Ichigo with an arched eyebrow.
In the next instant, the young woman's face flushed slightly.
"I-I mean, I missed you when we were patrolling and fighting the hollows together. Yeah, that's right. That's what I mean." said Orihime with a nervous laugh.
"If you say so." said Ichigo confused with his friend's behavior.
"Uh… I'll go to the bathroom for a moment. I'll be right back." said Orihime before quickly leaving, further adding to the young man's confusion.
Once inside the bathroom, Orihime stared at herself in the mirror.
"Come on, calm down. You've been with him so many times before. Just act like any other day." said Orihime to herself before taking a deep breath with her eyes closed. "I feel better already." said Orihime before opening her eyes, but as soon as she did, she let out a gasp of surprise as the mirror was now completely black, like a turned off TV.
Orihime was very confused by that when suddenly a pair of red eyes popped open in the mirror.
"AH." shouted Orihime from surprise.
Ichigo was able to hear the scream perfectly and without thinking, he rushed into the bathroom.
"Orihime, what's wrong?" asked Ichigo before he was shocked to see that a black portal had formed in the mirror and was sucking in all the air around him, with Orihime trying to resist the force of the absorbing wind.
"Ichigo!" shouted Orihime.
"Quick, give me your hand!" exclaimed Ichigo extending one hand while grabbing the door with the other.
Orihime stretched her arm as far as she could in order to reach her friend's hand.
Unfortunately, Orihime ended up being blown straight into the portal by the wind.
"Ichigo!" shouted Orihime as she was being engulfed by the portal.
"Orihime!" shouted Ichigo jumping towards her to grab her.
Their hands were inches away from grabbing each other, but unfortunately Ichigo didn't manage to reach her in time and Orihime ended up being completely engulfed by the portal which disappeared shortly after.
Ichigo stood there with his eyes wide open in shock, unable to be able to comprehend what had just happened, but one thing was clear and that was that his friend had been taken again.
Back from in the other world, the man was still with his spell to bring Orihime to his side, but he was starting to have trouble, as sweat was running down his face and his hands were shaking slightly.
"Come on… Just a little more…" said the man groaning from the effort.
Finally, the glow of the mirror's dark aura increased in intensity until it unleashed a burst of wind that pushed the man backwards, knocking him backwards onto the ground.
Lifting his head, he saw the mirror's aura disappear completely.
"Yes. Now I have what I need to…" began the man getting up, only to see that he was the only one in the room. "Where is it? Where is that creature?" asked the man starting to get angry. "NOOOO!" shouted the man so loudly that his screams could be heard from outside the building.
AN: How did you like the beginning of my story? Where is Orihime? What will Ichigo do to rescue her this time?
Those answers will be answered in the next chapter.